Years in the making, Jacques Chirac's day in court will have to wait a bit longer. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A Paris court on ...

PARIS – A French court found former President Jacques Chirac guilty of embezzling public funds to illegally finance the conservative party he long led, in a historic verdict Thursday with ...

PARIS (AP) — A man of imposing stature, with a broad smile and easy laugh, Jacques Chirac was the president of charisma and charm. Despite a corruption conviction and political scandals, his failed ...

PARIS -- Years in the making, Jacques Chirac's day in court will have to wait a bit longer. A Paris court on Tuesday suspended for months a corruption trial in which the 78-year-old former French ...

Former French President Jacques Chirac, known for a carefully crafted "everyman" image but whose later years were dogged by allegations of corruption, has died at the age of 86. News of his death was ...

A firm handshake and an unexpected round of applause saw incoming French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday usher his predecessor from the Elysee Palace — and out of a political career that ...

With a new president of France set to take office on May 16, the reign of another comes to a close. France's president for the last 12 years, Jacques Chirac, leaves a legacy of hands-on leadership on ...